Yeast

Ice Pack

Helps extend the time that the yeast stays cool in transit. Cool temperatures help keep the viability of the yeast higher which in turns leads to faster fermentation start times and better beer. The Insulated shipper helps the ice last much longer, however neither option will ensure your yeast stays cool the entire trip.

Yeast Nutrient

Keep your yeast healthy and happy with the nutrients it needs to make great beer! Yeast nutrients help prevent off-flavors, decrease fermentation time, and increase alcohol potential. Nutrients are especially important when making high gravity beers.

Grain Steeping Bag

We have a great selection of grain bags to keep your beer clear and let you Brew in a Bag. The disposable bag is a cheaper 1 time use option for either grain or hops. If you are steeping up to 2 lbs of grain, the 8" x 15" bag works great but if you are looking to steep more than 2 lbs or are doing a Brew in a Bag the 29" x 29" grain bag is the way to go.

Hop Steeping Bag

The 6" x 8" hop bag is great for small 1-2 oz hop additions and the larger 9" x 12" hop bag is perfect for whole cone or larger pellet additions.

Sanitizer

Sanitizing your equipment is one of the most important steps of the brewing process. When you finish your boil, you want to make sure that you provide a sterile environment for your yeast to do its job. Other microorganisms can stress your yeast and add off-flavors to your beer.

Priming Sugar

Priming sugar is used during the bottling process to carbonate your beer. Add some fermentable sugar to your beer before bottling and the yeast leftover from fermentation will continue working and carbonate your beer right in the bottle. You can also use carbonation drops by adding 1-2 to each bottle before capping them.

Beer Bottles

If you are looking to bottle your beer here are three of our most popular beer bottles that will keep your beer safe until you are ready to drink it. Each package of bottles includes enough to bottle most of a 5 gallon batch (if you have a full 5 gallons you may need a few extra bottles).

Bottle Caps

These bottle caps are commercial grade and will keep your beer fresh until you are ready to drink it. The package includes 50 caps which is enough to bottle 5 gallons of beer with a few left over! The caps have a diameter of 26 mm, meaning they will fit all American beer bottles.They contain an oxygen absorbing agent in the liner to prevent oxidation.

Propper Starter

Propper Starter™ is condensed wort in a can, allowing you to make a yeast starter in minutes! No need to make a mess in the kitchen measuring out DME, and no need to waste time boiling and cooling before you pitch your yeast. Simply open a can of Propper Starter™, pour it into your flask along with 16 oz of bottled or distilled water, then add your yeast. It's that simple!

Tap Handle

Our ingredient kits now all come with a cutout to slip into our custom tap handle. You can easily display the beautiful graphic of our recipe kits right on your tap handle!

Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, California. It seems to some that Matt has almost been bred to brew beer. After getting a degree in chemistry in 1993, Matt went to work in Michigan doing research and development on hops for the brewing industry. In 1995, Matt went to the famous Seibel Institute of Brewing Technology to further his education. After brewing for Goose Island in Chicago and then moving to California to work for SLO Brewing, Matt was appointed Small Brewmaster of the Year in 2001. Later that year, he was asked to join the crew at Firestone Walker. Two years later Matt was dubbed Mid-Sized Brewer of the Year at the Great American Beer Fest AND at the World Cup of Beer, for a total of 12 medals in just three years! Since then, Firestone Walker has been gaining a large following in California due in part to it's flagship beer, Double Barrel Ale, which is produced in a Burton Union system that has the beer fermenting in barrels. Firestone Walker Brewing Company is the only brewery in the U.S. to ferment in barrels and one of only two in the world. In addition to the line-up at Firestone Walker, Matt also brews the Nectar Ales line of beers, as well as a few of the Trader Joe's house brands. Learn more at www.firestonebeer.com

Don't let the name fool you, this beer is easy on the oak, having been created so that all ingredients blend perfectly with one another, even the oak. In fact, the oak really takes a back seat to the wonderful malt characteristics that this beer presents, which may be hard to imagine once you realize there are 2 ounces of oak in this one! American base malt, a little Munich, some crystal, and that's it - simple, yet flavorful. Just how we like it. One can easily spend all night drinking this smooth amber ale ... in fact, many of us at MoreBeer! have done just that! The low bitterness ties everything together and makes you remember just how much of a craft brewing beer really is.

Have made this recipe several times using 1 oz of oak chips soaked in 6 oz. of bourbon on brew day. Added chips and bourbon to secondary, then aged for 6 to 8 months after kegging. The oak flavor was present but mellowed, the bourbon flavor was subtle. This is always a favorite among my friends. Mixing half and half in a glass with a vanilla porter makes an extraordinary combination.

I've been fortunate that most of my home brews have been quite good...until this one. Can't say how it stacks up against the original but this turned out poorly for me. Perhaps its spot on and just not to my liking but I found this quite uninteresting. Neither malty nor hoppy. Leaves a strange aftertaste on the palate. Also, after bottle conditioning for weeks, this has the most intense carbonation imaginable; each pour is 2/3 foam and 1/3 beer. Will not be trying again.

Totally agree that the oak is over the top. I used all the chips and used them for 6 days. Tasted fine at first then after the oak was added it just tasted like bourbon. Maybe use half the chips like other folks did or a whole lot less time. Found it to be very unbalanced. That being said, i really like oaked beer. Just not this one.

Made this kit, and it tasted great after primary. Put the oak in secondary, and tasted and several intervals. The oak was really overpowering. I even aged some to see if the oak ever mellowed but it didn't. I think it would have been better with some light toast steamed oak. The oak chips it came with were just like the ones I get for bbqing.

Would raise my review to about 3.5 stars, but only after 2+ months of bottle conditioning. The beer started to mellow out a bit after that 2-3 month period and improved quite a bit.

December 14, 2017

Nick S.

Response from MoreFlavor

Would raise my review to about 3.5 stars, but only after 2+ months of bottle conditioning. The beer started to mellow out a bit after that 2-3 month period and improved quite a bit.

December 22, 2017

Nick S.

What a Great Easy Drinking Beer!

I originally got this kit after I had heard so much about DBA, and before any Firestone Walker beers were available in our area.

This kit yields a delicious, fairly complex, full-flavored, easy-drinking beer.Now that we do get FW beers here, I can tell that the DBA I've had on tap was very close to the result of this kit. Brew it with confidence!

Firestone DBA is a favorite beer, especially in the summertime. Was VERY excited to see this close recipe offered online! Only used half the oak chips that were included per another recommendation I saw online and it turned out well. Would buy again!

my first taste of Firestone Walker's DBA was at their tasting room in Beullton, Ca. and again the following day at lunch in Ventura, Ca. I really enjoyed both tastings. I was so excited to find that More Beer had a kit for me to try to duplicate this at home. the result was a very drinkable duplication of the original. when I make the kit again I will cut back a little on the oak chips. thank you for making this beer available to all homebrewers.